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SUSPENDERS.

No. 330,348. Patented Nov. 10, 1885.

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JAMES R. POLLOOK, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONEHALF TO JOSEPH P. RUMMEL, OF SAME PLACE.

SUSPENDERS.

@I EGIFICATIOI? forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,348, dated November 10, 1885.

Application filed April 14, 1885.

To all whont it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs R. PoLLocK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Itichland and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Suspenders, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class ofsuspenders in which the shoulder-straps and the back-button connecting-straps are secured together by a metallic clip; and it has for its objects to provide an improved connection for saidstraps, whereby they may be secured together in such manner as not to chafe or irritate the back of the wearer, as more fully hereinafter specified. These objects I attain by thenneans illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a back view of the shoulder-straps and button connecting-straps and the binding-clip by which they are secured together. Fig. 2 represents a detached view of the clip. Fig. 3 represents a cross-section of the clip, shoulder straps, and back -button connecting-straps.

The letter A indicates the shoulder-straps, which are formed of strips of webbing or other material, cut at their contiguous ends so that they will diverge at a proper angle to pass comfortably over the shoulders of the wearer.

The letter B indicates a clip constructed of sheet metal, folded as shown in Fig. 2, the adjacent free edges of the same being serrated or indented, so as to bite into the web forming the Serial No. 162,224. (No model.)

shoulder-straps and prevent the web from pulling out of the clip when subjected to strain.

0 represents the back-button connectingstraps, which are formed at their contiguous ends in the same manner as are the shoulderstraps, and are placed within the clip, the latter serving to hold or bind together the shoulder and button straps in the manner indicated by Figs. 1 and 2.

By the means of my improvement I am enabled to produce an extremely cheap article, which will also be strong and durable, and not liable to pull to pieces, as where the parts are stitched together. The web at its juncture with the clip also formsa pad,which rests against the body of the wearer and prevents any chafing or injury to the wearer by the metallic strip.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

The combination, with the webs A and the 

